Towel hook device



March 22, 1960 R. s. HERZBERG TOWEL HOOK DEVICE Filed July 10. 1956Fig.2

United States Patent M TOWEL HOOK DEVICE Rune Sigfrid Herzberg,Jonkoping, Sweden Application July 10, 1956, Serial No. 596,997

2 Claims. (Cl. 211-89) This invention relates to towel hook devices andespecially to such devices, in which the towel is to be laid orpositioned over a horizontal arm or bar.

An object of the invention is to provide an arrangement to hold thetowel firmly in the hook device and for that purpose the horizontal armis carried pivotally about a vertical shaft and the device has ahorizontal downwardly directed flange means and a lock device adapted todetachably hold the arm close below the outer edge of said means inorder that the towel may be pressed between the arm and the flangemeans.

The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention willbe apparent to those skilled in the art after a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing, which shows an illustrative embodiment of theinvention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of a towel hookdevice according to the invention with the arm in a locked position, and

Figure 2 shows a similar view with the arm in a swung out position.

The shown towel hook device comprises a vertical plate 2 attached to awall by means of screws 1. which plate may carry a plurality of hooks 3for towels. In ears 4 extending outwardly from the plate a horizontalarm 5 is swingably carried in a bearing around a vertical shaft 6, whichsuitably is made integral with the arm. Adjacent the free end of the armthere is a notch 7 which cooperates with a plate spring 8 of a suitableshape and the spring is attached to the plate 2. Thus, the plate spring8 together with the notch 7 forms a lock device by means of which thenotch carrying end of the arm may be detachably attached to the plate. Ahelical spring 9 is positioned around the shaft 6, attached to the ear 4and functions to swing normally the arm away from the plate 2. By aneasy pressure on the plate spring 8, the free end of the arm will bedetached after which the helical spring 9 swings the arm on the plate 2to the position shown in Figure 2, in which a towel or sheet positionedover the arm may easily be lifted from the arm or again laid over thearm.

The arm is conveniently bent to such a shape that the arm between theshaft 6 and the lock 7, 8 is spaced from the wall 2 as shown on Figure2.

According to the invention a horizontal plate 10 is attached to orintegral with the upper margin of the vertical plate, and the horizontalplate is provided with a Patented Mar. 22, 1960 flange 11 along the freeedge thereof. In the locked position of the arm 5, the flange 11 isclose over the arm, so that a towel, sheet or similar article positionedover the arm will be pressed between the arm and said flange as is shownin Figure 1. In a swung out position of the arm as shown in Figure 2,the arm is at a distance from the horizontal plate 10, so that the plate10 will not prevent the removal of the towel from the arm or its placingover the arm.

Near its free ends the arm may carry hooks 12, which are turned from therespective ends and which prevent the towel from sliding along the armpast the ends.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a horizontally disposed armover which a towel may be positioned, a vertical shaft to which one ofthe ends of the arm is affixed, a supporting means, means journallingthe shaft and arm to the supporting means for horizontal swingingmovement relative to the supporting means, a horizontal plate having adownturned flange carried by the supporting means, with said flangelying adjacent the arm when the arm is positioned parallel to thesupporting means, and complemental means on the free end of the arm andthe supporting means to lock the arm in its position parallel to thesupporting means wherebythe towel. posi tioned over the arm is tightlysqueezed between the arm and the flange when the arm is locked in itsposition parallel to the supporting means.

2. In a device of the character described, a horizontally disposed armover which a towel may be positioned, a vertical shaft to which one ofthe ends of the arm is affixed, a vertical plate constituting asupporting means, means journalling the shaft and arm to the verticalplate for horizontal swinging movement relative to the vertical plate, ahorizontal plate having a downturned flange secured to the upper marginof said vertical plate, with said flange lying adjacent the arm when thearm is positioned parallel to the vertical plate, and complemental meanson the free end of the arm and the vertical plate to lock the arm in itsposition parallel to the vertical plate whereby the towel positionedover the arm is tightly squeezed between the arm and the flange wherethe arm is locked in its position parallel to the vertical plate.

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